- present participle of abandon.
abandoning
Example Sentences
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That means that if the availability of electricity comes into question, abandoning old chips may become a no-brainer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"AWS and Amazon can have a wildly successful business without its own frontier model," Jassy said on Thursday, but he denied it was abandoning the effort.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
But he was found not guilty of criminal damage - the charge that related to abandoning the carcasses.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The research doesn’t suggest abandoning the traditional 70% to 80% income-replacement rule.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
And my father couldn't imagine abandoning the life in Kraków he had worked so hard to construct for himself and his family.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
